Chateau Faire Le Pont Winery — Restaurant in Washington

The food as usual was fantastic. Very flavorful and cooked to perfection. Now unfortunately when entering the establishment the walkway was blocked by a waitress, guests and the musician just standing there talking to eachother. After standing there for about 5 minutes another hostess had to weave around the group to confirm our reservation, then all 3 of us had to weave back through the group since they apparently didn't feel the need to move out of other guests way. After being seated our waitress brought us our menus and told us she would be right back with our waters and bread. Waters came yet bread was something to never be enjoyed. Now let me say that the decor Is beautiful, the dining area is a bit cramped but cozy and even a bit quaint. The downfall of this is that they host a live musicion, as stated before. The musicion is LOUD, hope that you don't get seated near him. You literally have to lean over and yell to your table mate. Lastly about this subject, he is awful. I'm sorry but absolutely tone deaf and every song sounds exactly the same (which is terrible). Invest in a radio and play soft background music with no lyrics. Now about the service, where to begin? As stated we never received bread, but that was merely the beginning. Between each course there was at least a 20 minute wait. We ordered a cheese and cracker platter, salads, a steak and a pork dish and complimentary wines to go with our entrees. Now to me when I order a wine to go with my entree I like to get it with my entree, especially when you specifically state this to your waitress, but no we got it about 5 minutes after ordering. Then 15 minutes later we got our cheese platter, what cheese platter takes 15 minutes to prepare? It had 3 slices of cheese on it and maybe 8 crackers. I could have had that done in 3 minutes. After we were finished with the cheese we set it on the edge of the table to be taken away. Again about 5 to 10 minutes passed of us being finished before the plates were removed. Now we go back to waiting, so far we have been in the restaurant for about 30 minutes, we have ordered and eaten cheese. It takes about 15 minutes later before they bring us a small side salad, again something that takes maybe 5 minutes to prepare since it is lettuce, shredded cheese, two slices of tomato and two slices of cucumber. Not difficult, but apparently 30 minutes of prep time was needed for these salads. We eat this, again the salad was good the basil dressing was delicious! The food has never been a problem here. Again after finishing our salads another 10 minutes to wait for the dishes to be cleared away. Finally the entree is about to arrive....right? We enter this establishment at 715 pm and it is now 845 pm and we have yet to receive our food. Being tortured this entire time by this atrocious "musicion" mind you. Finally we get our food, we eat we pay we leave at 915 pm. This meal has taken about 2 hours from beginning to end. 90% of which was waiting between courses. We love the food here, the chef is magnificent but unfortunately the service is lacking (extremely) and what makes this whole experience worse is you are forced to listen to this tone deaf hack mutilate some beautiful songs. We will not be returning...

Okay. I admit I'm picky, I cook in my free time and I have decently high expectations for food. However, if I'm going to spend 50$ a plate on food, my expectations aren't really unreasonable. My one caveat to this review is that the wait staff and general manager were incredible. Accommodating, professional, and kind. Without them, this place wouldn't even be worth visiting for anything other than a bottle of wine.

I took my girlfriend here for her birthday, and we did the wine tasting tour, as well as the dinner package. In total, it was about 300$ for two hours. I ordered the ribeye and actually sent it back after a single bite. The ribeye was completely unseasoned, literally not even salt. It was a hunk of plain beef with French fries. It wasn't cooked in butter, it wasn't cooked th herbs, there wasn't even garlic powder on the steak, and while I ordered medium rare, it came back closer to well done. Like what?

After sending it back and explaining that, they gave me the sea scallops. The menu is pompous, with crispy fried Leeks to top non-seared and once again, non seasoned scallops. They felt rubbery and like they were steamed. I can't really express how disappointed I was to see a dedicated Chef they seem quite proud of, and how little his kitchen staff seemed to care about the food they sent out. If you love quality food, go to Viscontis, or Garlinis. I wish I could give this place -3/10 for food quality. Their one saving grace is an amazing waiting staff and the leadership of a great general manager. I recommend...

Valentines Dinner.. Had reservations at 8:00p and got sat right away. Were not handed any menus just sat at a table with waters and silverware. I ended up grabbing the two menus that were on the empty table next to us. Our Server came over about that time and let us know all the special. Gave us a few minutes to look over the menu. She came back and took our order. I had wine my husband had water as he does not drink. I had halibut which was a great portion. My husband had the filet Mignon and the portion was so small. Not sure it was even 4oz. So he was disappointed. He said it taste good but we were going to have to go through a drive thru on the way home cause he was still hungry. Server never came back to fill his water the entire time so he took my water and drank is as well. The other thing that was a disappointment was the entertainment. The couple that were there to play and sing had there two small children with them. An infant and a toddler. I feel like Valentine's Day is where Adults can escape the kiddos for the evening, but with a infant crying every so often and a toddler wandering around the restaurant it made the environment not feel very romantic. I have been in the restaurant industry most my life and don't like to complain but this was supposed to be a special evening for us and for the price we paid for dinner and entertainment it was a...